SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. - North winds will decrease along the Central Coast on Friday as east winds strengthen through the weekend - especially in Ventura County.

Santa Ana wind alerts have been issued for Ventura County through at least Saturday with 45mph gusts possible along the coast, 65mph inland.

Sunny skies will continue across the region as temperatures rise into the high 70s and 80s by Sunday.

Onshore flow returns early next week cooling us down back to the high 60s on Tuesday, before another warm spell is expected for late next week.

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SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) – Alfredo Junior Alaniz, 25, of Santa Maria has been sentenced to fifty years to life for the May 19, 2021, murder of 19-year-old Mario Merino Gonzalez.

Alaniz was convicted by a Santa Barbara County jury on December 11, 2025, on a charge of first-degree murder as well as the special allegation that he committed the murder on behalf of a criminal street gang and that he personally discharged a firearm causing the death.

On Wednesday of this week, Superior Court Judge Kristy Imel sentenced Alaniz to two consecutive, 25-year sentences for the murder and firearm enhancement explained the Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office in a press release Thursday.

In the early hours of May 16, 2021, Alaniz -a documented member of a Santa Maria gang- shot Mario Gonzalez 16 times, 15 times in the back, on North Lincoln Street stated the Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office.

In June of 2021, Santa Maria Police turned to the public for help in their investigation before Alaniz was eventually located and arrested in Las Vegas the following month.

"This case involved the senseless and brutal killing of a young man, and the loss his family suffered was profound," said District Attorney Savrnoch following the sentencing. "I am grateful to the jury for their service, and to the prosecution team led by Deputy District Attorney Nicholas Harmon for their commitment to seeing justice done. I also want to thank the Santa Maria Police Department for their tireless work in investigating this case, especially Santa Maria Police Detectives Ryan Preast and Joshua Yee."

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SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – County and city fire crews put out an RV fire at a home in the 5600 block of Whispering Oak Way northeast of Paso Robles Wednesday night.

No injuries were reported in connection with the unoccupied RV nor from first responders battling the flames shared the San Luis Obispo County Fire Department.

According to the San Luis Obispo County Fire Department, crews arrived around 7:38 p.m. to find the RV fully engulfed in flames and successfully prevented the fire from spreading to the nearby home and surrounding vegetation.

The fire was fully contained around 8:59 p.m. for the response that included firefighters from the County as well as Paso Robles Fire Department detailed the San Luis Obispo County Fire Department.

Firefighters with the San Luis Obispo County Fire Department had a busy night. Crews battled a different fire just outside of Oceano that also had no injuries.

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